Tigers put wraps on SWC title

Posted: October 20, 2008

The Edwardsville High volleyball team already had a share of the Southwestern Conference title secured. But the Tigers didn’t want to share it with anyone. “Our goal was to lock up the conference outright,” said EHS coach Jami Parker. “We wanted it to ourselves.”  [more...]

A dream season for EHS

Posted: October 20, 2008

The Edwardsville Tigers won’t soon forget the 2008 golf season. Another Southwestern Conference championship, regional and sectional titles and a third-place finish at the IHSA Class 3A state tournament are plenty of reason to remember. [more...]

East St. Louis as good as advertised

Posted: October 20, 2008

win and the Edwardsville High football team was in. A loss and the Tigers had to play the waiting game. Now it’s time to wait. The East St. Louis Flyers had their way with Edwardsville Friday night, cruising to a 51-0 victory to end the Tigers’ regular season at 5-4, eligible for the playoffs but needing enough playoff points to get in. [more...]

Edwardsville’s Osborn has solid state tourney

Posted: October 20, 2008

Edwardsville High junior Caitlin Osborn may have been the lone Tiger representative at the Class AA State Girls’ Golf Tournament this weekend. But she wasn’t alone. “All the other girls on the team called Friday night to give Caitlin support,” said EHS coach Tresa LaBoube. “That was pretty special and I think it really helped Caitlin.” [more...]

Cat fight ends in a SWC split

Posted: October 20, 2008

It was the battle of the big cats Friday in the Southwestern Conference Meet at Gordon Moore Park in Alton. The Edwardsville Tigers squeaked out a first-place finish on the boys’ side, narrowly beating O’Fallon. In the girls’ division, it was the Panthers nabbing the top spot while EHS took second. [more...]

Tigers blank Warriors

Posted: October 20, 2008

There’s been a reoccurring theme for the Edwardsville Tiger soccer team this posteason — Kevin Minor starting plays and Tim Hankins finishing them. The Tiger senior duo hooked up again on Saturday as Minor stole a ball at midfield and fed it up to Hankins, who blasted a shot past Granite City keeper Eric Fowler for the lone goal of the game as Edwardsville advanced past the Warriors at the Class 3A Alton Regional title game, 1-0 at Gordon Moore Park in Alton.  [more...]

Tiger linksters bring home hardware

Posted: October 20, 2008

In the 70-year history of the Illinois High School Association boys’ state golf tournament, only four teams had ever broken 600. This weekend at the Class 3A tournament at The Den at Fox Creek in Bloomington, there were three teams that eclipsed that magical mark. And one of them was the Edwardsville Tigers.  [more...]

Tiger booters advance

Posted: October 20, 2008

Oftentimes, the first postseason victory is the toughest to secure. That was the case for a half Monday night at the Class 3A Alton Regional. But then the Edwardsville Tigers’ talent took over. Tim Hankins notched a pair of second half goals and Ken Giaccobe added another as the Tigers cruised to a 3-0 victory over the host-school Alton Redbirds at Gordon Moore Park in Alton. [more...]

Tigers pick up 12th straight title

Posted: October 20, 2008

On Friday at the EHS Tennis Complex, the Tigers won their 12th consecutive girls’ tennis sectional and advanced all of their participants to state competition next weekend. [more...]

Boys Golf: Tigers third at state

Posted: October 20, 2008

Edwardsville celebrated a third-place finish -- worth a trophy -- in Saturday's finals of the IHSA Class 3A boys golf tournament at The Den in Bloomington. [more...]

Edwardsville girls win 12th consecutive sectional championship, advance six players to state tourney

Posted: October 20, 2008

Tess Severin is the future of Edwardsville High girls tennis, which was prominently on display at the Tigers' Sectional the past weekend. [more...]

EHS spikers stop ‘Birds

Posted: October 20, 2008

The Alton Redbirds are in the midst of their best season in school history and playing well, but on Thursday at Lucco-Jackson Gymnasium the Redbirds got their first taste of the Edwardsville Tigers — and it wasn’t pretty. The Tigers breezed past Alton 2-0 to earn a share of the Southwestern Conference. EHS, now 22-6 and 6-0 in conference, could get the top prize in the SWC with a Tuesday victory over Belleville West. The Maroons are currently 5-1 in conference play. It’s the second consecutive season Edwardsville has been atop the SWC, winning it outright in ‘07.  [more...]

Lincoln eighth grade softball team finishes a 22-1 season

Posted: October 17, 2008

The Lincoln Wildcats’ eighth grade softball team capped off a 22-1 season with a third place finish in the Illinois Elementary School Association Class AA Softball Tournament. The team’s only loss came in the semi-final game of the tournament, which was held in Normal, Illinois, on September 26 and 27. The girls were recognized for their accomplishments at the October 14, 2008, Board of Education meeting at Woodland Elementary School.

Tigers set for conference meet

Posted: October 16, 2008

The victories continue to pile up for the Edwardsville boys cross country team. By placing first in the Centralia Invitational on Saturday, the Tigers won their sixth meet of the season and their second in a row.  [more...]

Fitterer's quick start aids Edwardsville

Posted: October 16, 2008

Kayla Fitterer came out hitting the volleyball, and it helped carry the Edwardsville Tigers to a two-game sweep of Civic Memorial Monday evening.  Fitterer had kills on each of the first five attempts, and finished with 12 for the match as Edwardsville (21-6) beat Civic Memorial 25-14, 25-17.  [more...]

Tiger boys state bound

Posted: October 16, 2008

The kid’s got ice in his veins. For the fourth time in his last five tournaments, and the second time in IHSA postseason play, Edwardsville’s Carson Baugher won a medal via winning a sudden death playoff.  [more...]

Osborn earns a trip to state

Posted: October 14, 2008

When Edwardsville’s Caitlin Osborn needed her best round of the season, she got it. Osborn, a junior, carded a 77 to advance to this weekend’s Class 2A Girls’ State Golf Tournament, finishing third overall as an individual in the toughest field of the season at the Mascoutah Sectional at Roland Barkau Memorial Golf Course in Okawville on Monday. [more...]

Lancers' comeback hands Edwardsville another loss

Posted: October 14, 2008

Jason Bester and the Belleville East Lancers on Friday extended the second-half frustrations of the Edwardsville Tigers. Bester, a senior, scored on a 43-yard touchdown run with 11:44 to play in the fourth quarter to lift the Lancers to a come-from-behind 29-28 victory in a Southwestern Conference game.  [more...]

Tigers junior leads area state qualifiers

Posted: October 14, 2008

Edwardsville junior Caitlin Osborn's quest for a berth in the Class AA Girls State Golf Tournament is now a reality. Getting off to a solid start and avoiding any major mistakes all day, Osborn shot a 6-over 77 Monday to lead the way for metro-east area players at the Mascoutah Sectional at the tough Roland Barkau Memorial Golf Course.   [more...]

Tigers nab second at the SWC tournament

Posted: October 14, 2008

The preconceived thought going into the 2008 Southwestern Conference girls tennis tournament was that Belleville West would be first, Edwardsville second and Belleville East third. And there were no surprises.  [more...]

Tiebreaker sends Tigers to sectional

Posted: October 10, 2008

Edwardsville Tiger girls’ golf coach Tresa LaBoube predicted a tight race for the second and third advancing spots at Wednesday’s Class AA Salem Regional. Perhaps LaBoube should start predicting lottery numbers because she was right on the mark.  [more...]

Tiger girls prep for golf regional

Posted: October 10, 2008

The Edwardsville Tiger girls’ golfers hit the road today to begin their postseason journey in the tough Class AA Salem Regional.  [more...]

A clean sweep for Edwardsville

Posted: October 10, 2008

The city of Edwardsville brought home four titles Tuesday from the Madison County Meet as Edwardsville High won both the boys’ and girls’ large-school divisions and the Metro-East Lutheran captured both small school races.  [more...]

Edwardsville golfers roll to regional victory

Posted: October 6, 2008

Pressure continued to bring out the best in Edwardsville senior Carson Baugher on Tuesday at the Class 3A Alton Golf Regional.  Baugher rolled in a 7-foot par-saving putt on the first hole of a sudden death playoff to claim medalist honors and lead Edwardsville to the team title at Spencer T. Olin Golf Course.  [more...]

Maroons topple Tigers

Posted: October 6, 2008

Friday night’s Southwestern Conference showdown between the Edwardsville Tigers and Belleville West Maroons was the definition of a swing game. The winning team would move within one win of cementing a spot in the playoffs.  The loser, however, would have to scramble, likely needing two wins in its final three games to advance to the postseason.  [more...]

Baugher, Tigers win Gerber invite

Posted: October 6, 2008

Edwardsville Tigers boys’ golf coach Dene Schickedanz explained that one thing senior Carson Baugher needed to do to become a more consistent, upper-echelon player was to putt better.  [more...]

Soccer Tigers secure SWC title

Posted: October 6, 2008

Sam Fink could have had several goals Saturday afternoon against the Belleville West Maroons. But one was all that was needed as Fink scored 21 minutes into the game and the Edwardsville Tiger soccer team made the 1-0 lead stick, clinching the program’s sixth Southwestern Conference title in the past nine years in what was essentially a league championship game at the District 7 Sports Complex.  [more...]

EHS makes quick work of Kahoks

Posted: October 6, 2008

The constant bantering and enthusiasm on the court by the Edwardsville Tiger girls’ volleyball team is well warranted, seeing that they are perched atop the Southwestern Conference field with a 3-0 conference record and a 16-3 record overall.  [more...]

EHS gets set for Homecoming events

Posted: October 6, 2008

Although homecoming is over a week away at Edwardsville High School (EHS), Homecoming activities have already begun. EHS students who are members of local bands have been competing during lunch periods for a chance to play during the homecoming dance on Oct. 11.  [more...]

Edwardsville just one stroke short

Posted: October 3, 2008

Edwardsville had its senior class earn medals at the Southwestern Conference championship tournament on Tuesday at Belk Park Golf Course in Wood River.  [more...]

Kahoks edge Tigers at SWC tourney

Posted: October 3, 2008

On the verge of the shotgun start at the 2008 Southwestern Conference Boys’ Golf Tournament on Tuesday at Belk Park Golf Course in Wood River, Collinsville Kahoks coach Garry Henson didn’t fathom any players shooting under a 76 with the gusting, swirling winds engulfing the course.  [more...]

Belleville East ends Tiger girls’ run

Posted: October 3, 2008

Dismal weather conditions weren’t going to put a damper on the 2008 Southwestern Conference Girls’ Golf Tournament Monday at The Legacy Golf Course in Granite City.  [more...]

Tigers turn in key effort

Posted: October 3, 2008

When the Edwardsville Tigers look back on Friday night’s 30-12 victory over the O’Fallon Panthers, it could be seen as the make or break win of the season.  [more...]

EHS netters finish off SWC slate with win

Posted: October 3, 2008

The Edwardsville Tiger tennis team kickstarted a hectic week with an 8-1 victory Tuesday against the O’Fallon Panthers at the EHS Tennis Center.   [more...]

EHS booters back on track

Posted: September 26, 2008

Coming off a disappointing loss to Collinsville, the Edwardsville Tiger soccer team was playing with a chip on its shoulder Saturday afternoon.  [more...]

EHS tennis nabs third at Duals

Posted: September 26, 2008

The vastly inexperienced Edwardsville Tigers kept their eye on the prize Friday and Saturday and came away with a third place finish in the 2008 Southern Illinois Duals. [more...]

Edwardsville soccer team loses to Collinsville

Posted: September 26, 2008

An aspect to their game that has been anything but problematic for the Edwardsville Tigers surprisingly made an appearance Thursday night in a crucial Southwestern Conference match.  [more...]

Collinsville topples EHS

Posted: September 26, 2008

On Thursday, the Tigers dominated the run of play against Southwestern Conference rival Collinsville, sending chance after chance into the Kahok goal box. But nothing would go in.  [more...]

Hockey Tigers cruise past Longhorns

Posted: September 26, 2008

A winning trend continued for the Edwardsville Tigers on Wednesday afternoon at the Winston Brown Track and Field Complex with a 9-0 shellacking of the Parkway West Longhorns. [more...]

Harriers pick up sweep

Posted: September 25, 2008

A streak of 25 consecutive wins over the Collinsville Kahoks came to an end Friday night for the Edwardsville Tigers. And it came to an end in daunting fashion. “I’ve been in this 21 years and I’ve never been a part of anything like this,” said EHS coach Mark Bliss. “Anything that could go wrong, went wrong.” [more...]

Kahoks snap streak

Posted: September 25, 2008

A streak of 25 consecutive wins over the Collinsville Kahoks came to an end Friday night for the Edwardsville Tigers. And it came to an end in daunting fashion. “I’ve been in this 21 years and I’ve never been a part of anything like this,” said EHS coach Mark Bliss. “Anything that could go wrong, went wrong.” [more...]

EHS serves past Kahoks

Posted: September 25, 2008

A young and inexperienced Edwardsville Tiger girls’ tennis team has taken a few lumps this season. But the key, according to Tiger coach David Lipe, is that whether through a win or a loss, his team has continued to get better as the season as progressed. [more...]

Tigers start conference season with victory

Posted: September 25, 2008

The Edwardsville Tigers began their Southwestern Conference season on a high note Thursday. The Tigers cruised to a 25-10, 25-10 road victory over the Granite City Warriors in a match that lasted just 40 minutes.  [more...]

Tiger runners sweep own invite

Posted: September 25, 2008

The Edwardsville Tiger boys and girls cross country teams both snatched first place on Saturday in the 43rd annual Edwardsville Invitational at the SIUE Course.  [more...]

Tigers extend streak

Posted: September 25, 2008

The Edwardsville Tiger boys’ golf team extended its dual match winning streak to 60 on Monday, topping Belleville Althoff and Mascoutah at Oak Brook Golf Club. Edwardsville, which improved to 11-0 on the season, finished at 156, easily outdistancing the Crusaders (164) and the Indians (174).  [more...]

Winter Sport Try-out dates

Posted: October 10, 2006
Try-outs dates for Winter sports are as follows:
Boys Bowling        10/23/06
Girls Bowling         11/06/06
Wrestling             11/06/06
G.Basketball         10/30/06
B.Basketball         11/06/06
Please watch announcements for dates of meetings of students interested in trying out for these sports.

Edwardsville cashes in with win over Maroons

Posted: September 11, 2006 by The Belleville News-Democrat
Edwardsville Tiger boys' golf coach Dene Schickedanz wants his players to take a more cerebral approach to playing golf -- to not focus on scores but rather the process of getting the ball in the hole... [Full Story]

Tigers sweep through matches

Posted: September 7, 2006 by The Edwardsville Intelligencer
Edwardsville Tiger boys' golf coach Dene Schickedanz wants his players to take a more cerebral approach to playing golf -- to not focus on scores but rather the process of getting the ball in the hole... [Full Story]

Edwardsville sets the bar high again

Posted: September 7, 2006 by The St. Louis Post-Dispatch
The Edwardsville girls golf team has been on a three-year fun run. They placed third at the Illinois state tournament in 2003, won the whole shebang in 2004 and settled for sixth last year... [Full Story]

EHS Athletics Closes Out Phenomenal Year

Posted: June 30, 2006 from Connections Newsletter
With Edwardsville High School softball team reaching the super-sectional for the first time in school history, EHS finished out what could be best described as a banner year in athletics ....[Full Story]

Tigers roar to success in all seasons

Posted: June 28, 2006 by The Edwardsville Journal
A couple of years ago, Edwardsville High School athletics enjoyed an incredible year as the Tigers sent three teams to the state championship game....[Full Story]

Our lights are always on

Posted: June 22, 2006 by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Every year, a common thread seems to bind the winners of the Post-Dispatch high school sports programs of the year. THis year's honorees, Edwardsville for large schools and Columbia for small schools, fit the familiar mold....[Full Story]

Better late than never

Posted: May 30, 2006 by the Edwardsville Intelligencer
It was no secret that Edwardsville Tiger senior Michael Riegert had a good arm. Just watching him throw out runners from right field told that story.  However, there's a big leap from firing pills from the outfield and taking to the mound in the postseason....[Full Story]

A diamond in the rough

Posted: May 29, 2006 by the Edwardsville Intelligencer
Apparently, Sydney Greenwalt likes the heat. The Tiger junior posted her 20th win of the season in near-perfect fashion as she and the Edwardsville Tigers (34-3) claimed the Class AA Edwardsville Regional title on Saturday with a 5-0 win over Mattoon...[Full Story]

EHS hammers Warriors

Posted: May 29, 2006 by the Edwardsville Intelligencer
It was a scorching hot day at the Class AA Collinsville Regional Saturday.  And the Edwardsville Tiger did little to cool it off.  The Tigers exploded for eight runs in the second inning, getting RBIs from eight different hitters in the frame, to cruise to a 13-1 five-inning victory over the Granite City Warriors in the regional title game....[Full Story]

Tigers off running

Posted: May 25, 2006 by the Edwardsville Intelligencer
With only three players with any significant postseason experience on their resume, the Edwardsville Tigers were anxious to get the ball rolling on the 2006 playoff season -- if for nothing else than to get rid of the butterflies....[Full Story]

EHS shuts down Quincy

Posted: May 24, 2006 by the Edwardsville Intelligencer
Sophomore Kaylee Neutzling scored the game-winner just 57 seconds into the contest Tuesday night in the Class AA Chatham Sectional at Glenwood High School as the third-seeded Tigers (11-6-4) knocked off second-seeded Quincy 3-0 to advance to Thursday night's sectional title game against top-seeded and host Glenwood....[Full Story]

Tigers edge past Eagles

Posted: May 24, 2006 by the Edwardsville Intelligencer
If cats have nine lives, than the Edwardsville Tigers used one up Tuesday night in the postseason opener of the Edwardsville Regional.  The Tigers came from behind to edge the Bethalto-Civic Memorial Eagles, 3-2, scoring two runs in the bottom of the seventh inning to tie the game before plating the game-winning run in the eighth to keep their season alive. ....[Full Story]

EHS sprinters bring home the gold

Posted: May 23, 2006 by the Edwardsville Intelligencer
Never underestimate how far a state championship on Saturday afternoon can go to quell a disappointment on Friday night. Just ask the four members of the Edwardsville High School 1,600-meter relay team -- that's state champion relay team to you...[Full Story]

EHS softball ready for more

Posted: May 23, 2006 by the Edwardsville Intelligencer
After setting a school record with 32 wins, wining the Southwestern Conference and claiming the top-seed in the Chatham Glenwood Sectional, the Edwardsville Tigers softball team is ready for more...[Full Story]

Tigers earn share of SWC crown

Posted: May 17, 2006 by the Edwardsville Intelligencer
The Edwardsville Tiger baseball team nearly let a Southwestern Conference championship slip from its grasp after one of its most disappointing three-day stretches in two decades last week.  But the Tigers righted the ship Tuesday, holding off Belleville East, 10-8 in Belleville to earn a share of the conference crown... [Full Story]

EHS earns share of SWC

Posted: May 15, 2006 by the Edwardsville Intelligencer
As expected, the battle for the Southwestern Conference tournament title came down to the wire in Saturday's singles action at the EHS Tennis Center. [Full Story]

Edwardsville girls relish conference title

Posted: May 8, 2006
The Edwardsville girls track team did something Thursday that nobody had ever done to East St. Louis. [Press Release]

Edwardsville on the verge of another title

Posted: May 3, 2006 The Alton Telegraph
Entering the spring, Edwardsville had won SWC titles in seven of 12 sports. But a front-running position for Tigers softball, which beat Collinsville 2-1 on Tuesday afternoon stay atop the league standings, is an unfamiliar role for a program that has never won an SWC championship....[Full Story]

Tigers duel at Duals

Posted: May 1, 2006 by The Edwardsville Intelligencer
Edwardsville High School tennis coach Dave Lipe guessed that his two-day Tiger Duals Tournament would not beat Mother Nature's weather plans for Saturday.  And he guessed right...[Full Story]

E'ville blanks Althoff

Posted: April 27, 2006 by The Edwardsville Intelligencer
Lauren Francis is making a habit of this. The Edwardsville High freshman right-hander tossed her second no-hitter in less than a week Wednesday, shutting down the Belleville Althoff Crusaders in a 7-0 Tiger victory at the EHS Sports Complex...[Full Story]

Edwardsville owns slight edge in chase for SWC title

Posted: April 25, 2006 by The Belleville News-Democrat
Southwestern Conference baseball teams begin their second tour through the league today with little clarity as to who will be crowned champion.  Edwardsville (14-3) is currently in first place with a 6-1 record, followed by Belleville West (10-3, 4-1), O'Fallon (17-3, 5-2), Belleville East (13-4, 3-2) and Alton (10-10, 3-3)...[Full Story]

An Olympic-sized dream

Posted: April 25, 2006 by The Edwardsville Intelligencer
Edwardsville senior Katya Hessel is a soccer player in high demand these days.  Hessel is splitting time between the front line of the Tiger soccer team and the front line of the Olympic Development Program Regional team. She just recently got back in the United States from her sojourn to Costa Rica...[Full Story]

Senior leading charge for EHS

Posted: April 15, 2006 by The Edwardsville Intelligencer
Alyssa Bussman is in the minority.  She's just one of two seniors on the roster of Lori Blade's Edwardsville High School softball team...[Full Story]

Tennis Tigers oust Panthers

Posted: April 6, 2006 by The Edwardsville Intelligencer
There's nothing quite like a convincing conference win to bounce back after a loss.  After a heartbreaking 5-4 loss on Tuesday to Clayton, the Edwardsville Tiger tennis team returned home on Wednesday, and vented its frustration on the O'Fallon Panthers. Edwardsville won eight of nine matches....[Full Story]

Edwardsville wins pitchers' duel against Kahoks

Posted: April 5, 2006 by The Belleville News-Democrat
Using her left hand as an artist's brush, Edwardsville sophomore Sydney Greenwalt kept painting the outside corner to perfection Tuesday in a 2-0 Southwestern Conference softball win over Collinsville....[Full Story]

Edwardsville tops Collinsville to stay unbeaten

Posted: April 5, 2006 by The Belleville News-Democrat
The Todd Baumgartner hit parade continued Tuesday at the Edwardsville Sports Complex.  One of the top offensive players in the St. Louis area, Baumgartner broke a 2-2 tie with a solo home run in the fifth inning to lead Edwardsville to a 5-2 win over Collinsville in a Southwestern Conference baseball game...[Full Story]

Tiger bats catch fire in Granite

Posted: March 31, 2006 by The Edwardsville Intelligencer
As the weather warmed up Thursday, so did the Edwardsville Tiger baseball teams' bats.  The Tigers pounded out 12 hits against a solid Granite City Warrior pitching staff in an 8-4 Southwestern Conference victory in Granite City...[Full Story]

Freshman hurls EHS past Midgets

Posted: March 30, 2006 by The Edwardsville Intelligencer
Lauren Francis didn't look nervous or apprehensive.  Instead she was in total control.  Francis, a freshman right-handed pitcher on the Edwardsville Tiger softball team, was one-hit away from tossing at the EHS Sports Complex Wednesday as the Tigers shut down the Freeburg Midgets, 4-0....[Full Story]

E'ville gets its revenge

Posted: March 30, 2006 by The Edwardsville Intelligencer
According to the calendar and bitter cold temperatures, it's only March, but the play on the field gave evidence of two teams already in midseason form....[Full Story]

EHS girls nab title at Relays

Posted: March 27, 2006 by The Edwardsville Intelligencer
At least after the first event of the high school track season, the Edwardsville High School girls appear as good as advertised.  The Tigers racked up 113 points in Saturday's Southwestern Illinois Relays on the campus of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville to capture the team title -- some 36 points better than runner-up Belleville East...[Full Story]

EHS opens with win over Chatham

Posted: March 25, 2006 by The Edwardsville Intelligencer
Sullivan, Kyro limit Titans to two hits in opening win over Glenwood.  It may have been football weather outside Friday night, but the Edwardsville Tigers and Chatham Glenwood Titans didn't seem to notice... [Full Story]

Edwardsville coach has visions of playoffs

Posted: March 22, 2006 by The Belleville News Democrat
While their string of nine straight 30-win seasons came to an end last spring, the Edwardsville Tigers baseball team still resides with the area's elite programs. [Full Story]

Marshall poses big threat to EHS

Posted: March 17, 2006 by The Edwardsville Intelligencer
Now that the glitz and glamour of a super-sectional championship has faded and the plaque is displayed safely and proudly in the commons area of Edwardsville High School, the Tigers have been hard at work to find a way to beat Chicago Marshall (30-2), the state's fourth-ranked team....[Full Story]

Oh so sweet! Tigers state-bound

Posted: March 15, 2006 by The Edwardsville Intelligencer
It's what every team in the state dreams of when they lace 'em up for the first time back in November -- a chance to play at state....[Full Story]

Tigers set school record with eighth sectional title

Posted: March 14, 2006 by The Alton Telegraph
The greatest season of Tigers basketball comes in what can already be considered among the greatest sports years in Edwardsville history...[Full Story]

Stewart, Maguire earn AP Class AA All-State honors

Posted: March 14, 2006 by The Alton Telegraph
In 1956, Edwardsville's Mannie Jackson and Govoner Vaughn were both accorded All-State honors after leading the Tigers to a second-place finish in the state tournament...[Page 1] [Page 2]

Surprising East side looks to end Tigers' dream season in Carbondale Super-Sectional

Posted: March 14, 2006 by The Alton Telegraph
Like most high school basketball players who began their season in November, Mark Schaefer concedes the state tournament was a dream well before that first practice four months ago...[Page 1] [Page 2]

Edwardsville claims sectional title

Posted: March 11, 2006 by The Edwardsville Intelligencer
The goal to stop Tiger senior forward Dustin Maguire only works when junior guard Joe Allaria doesn't score 14 first half points. Allaria scored a game-high 19 as the Edwardsville Tigers rolled to 58-39 win over the Quincy Blue Devils on Friday night in the title game of the Springfield Sectional...[Full Story]

Semifinal victory already in the past

Posted: March 9, 2006 by The Edwardsville Intelligencer
For 11 Edwardsville seniors, this is as good as it gets.  With an impressive 72-46 win Tuesday night over Mount Zion in the semifinal round of the IHSA Class AA Springfield Sectional, the high-flying Tigers are 28-0 and will meet the Quincy Blue Devils on Friday night at the Springfield Prairie Capitol Convention Center for the sectional crown...[Full Story]

Edwardsville cheerleaders shine

Posted: March 8, 2006 by The Edwardsville Intelligencer
It's been a great year for cheerleaders from Edwardsville.  The Lincoln Middle School squad danced, tumbled and cheered its way to first place in two regional competitions in January... [Full Story]

E'ville skaters win title

Posted: March 6, 2006 by The Edwardsville Intelligencer
Fittingly enough, that on the last night of the Mississippi Valley Hockey Club Association season, it was the Edwardsville seniors that ruled the ice....[Full Story]

Tigers stake claim to regional title

Posted: March 4, 2006 by The Edwardsville Intelligencer
Each member of the Edwardsville Tiger boys' basketball team climbed the ladder, cutting off their own section of the net at Lucco-Jackson Gym as a keepsake, something to remember a special moment.... [Full Story]

Tigers upset Alton, wins North title

Posted: February 28, 2006 by The Edwardsville Intelligencer
It isn't 1980 and it wasn't Lake Placid. But the Edwardsville Tigers' 5-3 victory over the top-seeded Alton Redbirds in the Mississippi Valley Club Hockey Association's North Division Finals was a miracle in it's own right. "This is awesome," said EHS goalie Justin Favier. "Our team played great. We wouldn't quit. This was all heart, that's all it was. We knew we could beat this team, so we had to go out and give it everything we had. And that's what we did." [Full Story]

Edwardsville takes 4th at State

Posted: February 26, 2006 by The Belleville News Democrat
The trip was worth it Saturday for the Edwardsville Tigers.  The grappling Tigers dominated in the upper weight classes to defeat Rockton Hononegah 33-25 on their way to a fourth place finish at the Class AA Dual Team State Wrestling Tournament... [Full Story]

Edwardsville caps perfect season by winning final game at West Gym

Posted: February 25, 2006 by The Alton Telegraph
When Edwardsville needed its biggest basket of the game Friday night at the West Gym, the Tigers turned to Dustin Maguire.  And the 6-foot-6 senior didn't disappoint them.... [Full Story]

Tigers' win gives them first back-to-back league titles

Posted: February 25, 2006 by The St. Louis Post Dispatch
The last basketball game in the long history of Alton's West Elementary Gymnasium ended the same way the first game did back on Jan. 12, 1952... [Full Story]

It's been a long time coming for EHS

Posted: February 23, 2006 by The Edwardsville Intelligencer
Finally, the Edwardsville Tigers will be on the mats on the last day of the wrestling season.  On the heels of an impressive 42-18 repeat performance win over Granite City in the finals of the Class AA Granite City Sectional on Tuesday... [Full Story]

Tigers still sixth in AP Class AA poll

Posted: February 23, 2006 by Edwardsville Intelligencer
The Edwardsville Tigers are the only unbeaten left in the Associated Press Class AA boys state basketball poll... [Full Story]

State Bound

Posted: February 22, 2006 by Edwardsville Intelligencer
With victories Tuesday over Mascoutah and Granite City, the undefeated Edwardsville Tiger wrestling team secured a berth in this weekend's state tournament in Dekalb.

EHS swimmers qualify for State

Posted: February 20, 2006 by Edwardsville Intelligencer
Five area high school boys competed at the Quincy Sectional Swim and Dive Meet Saturday and four earned a spot in this weekend's IHSA State Meet....[Full Story]

Head North, young man

Posted: February 13, 2006 by The Alton Telegraph
It's been just over a year since E.J. Jones left his family, including his mother and a 3-year-old brother he adores, in Springfield, Ohio, to live with his father in Edwardsville... [Page 1] [Page 2] [Page 3] [Picture]

Net Gain

Posted: January 31, 2006 by The Alton Telegraph
Dave Lipe can expound on skills and work ethic that help make Edwardsville junior Alicia Cullen the 2005 Telegraph Prep Girls Tennis Player of the Year...  [Full Story]

Tigers No.8 in State Poll

Posted: February 8, 2006 by The Edwardsville Intelligencer
Having one of the best players in the state shooting 2-for-20 from the field hardly would seem to be a recipe for an upset.  But Chicago Crane guard...  [Full Story]

Edwardsville replaces Vashon at top spot

Posted: February 7, 2006 by The St. Louis Post Dispatch
Just in case you thought there might be something fluky about the 19-0 start by Edwardsville, consider this: Sixteen of Edwardsville's victories have been by 10 or more points, and nine have been by a margin of 20 or better.  Only three of the Tiger's victories have come by fewer than 10 points...  [Full Story]

Tiger girls roll to sectional win

Posted: February 6, 2006 by The Edwardsville Intelligencer
The Edwardsville Tiger girls bowling team earned its second straight trip to the state tournament, capturing the Alton Sectional Saturday afternoon at Riverboat Lanes in Alton...  [Full Story]

E.J. Jones, Zach Palme sign to play college football

Posted: February 2, 2006 by The Edwardsville Intelligencer
E.J. Jones electrified fans and teammates alike this season on the Edwardsville High gridiron.  Now, he hopes to do the same for the University of Minnesota faithful... [Full Story]

Two Tigers Get Top Nomination

Posted: January 24, 2006 by The Edwardsville Intelligencer
The accolades have piled up already for members of the Edwardsville Tiger boys' basketball team.   Now two more possibilities exsist for a pair of Tiger starters.  Seniors Spencer Stewart and Dustin Maguire have both been nominated for the 2006 McDonald's All American Team, one of the highest honors for a high school basketball player.  [Full Story]

Good for Third

Posted: January 25, 2006 by The Alton Telegraph
Any other year, and Edwardsville sophomore Chris Brant would have been a state champion.  At the Class AA state golf tournament in Bloomington in October, Brant shot a one-under par 143, food for a tie for third place.  The thing of it is, his score was the third best ever by a Class AA golfer in the state tournament...  [Full Story]

Eye of the Tiger

Posted: January 24, 2006 by The Alton Telegraph
Edwardsville High’s volleyball opponents can at least partially blame a sophomore at Bradley University for their troubles against the 29-9 Tigers this past season. For it was with the Braves’ Jenna Harrison that the Tigers’ Emily Harrison spent so much time working out in the off-season in preparation for 2005...  [Full Story]

E.J. Jones weighs his options

Posted: January 19, 2006 by The St. Louis Post-Dispatch
This was a busy week for Edwardsville's E.J. Jones.  As one of the area's top uncommitted seniors, Jones has been trying to get a handle on where he will be going to school and playing football next year...  [Full Story]

Tigers take sixth in Class AA poll

Posted: January 18, 2006 by The Edwardsville Intelligencer
Chicago Marshall continues to get the attention of the Chicago Public League and voters in the Associated Press Class AA boys basketball poll...  [Full Story]

Tigers take tourney title

Posted: December 31, 2005 by The Alton Telegraph
With a partisan Teutopolis crowd sensing an upset in the championship game of the Charleston Tournament, the Edwardsville Tigers turned to an old friend in the four-corners offense...  [Full Story]

E.J. Jones is a master of all trades

Posted: December 23, 2005 by The St. Louis Post-Dispatch
E.J. Jones did not exactly hit the ground running in his first game at Edwardsville High.  The senior, who had been an all-league quarterback in Ohio, was starting at tailback when Edwardsville opened this past season against Springfield Southeast.   [Full Story]

Fundamentals, balance keep Edwardsville on winning track

Posted: December 23, 2005 by The Belleville News-Democrat
Fundamentals have always been important to Edwardsville basketball coach Mike Waldo.  Especially on the defensive end of the floor... [Full Story]

Tigers junior wins honor despite injury

Posted: December 20, 2005 by The Belleville News-Democrat
On a chilly early November morning, Edwardsville junior Jamie Kantner limped over the finish at the Class AA Sectional Cross Country Meet...  [Full Story]

EHS wins battle of unbeatens

Posted: December 16, 2005 by The Edwardsville Intelligencer
If you weren't there, you simply missed out. But what a paid attendance of more than 800 people did see on Thursday night at Edwardsville High School's Gym A...  [Full Story]

LMS cheerleaders capture top honors

Posted: December 16, 2005 by The Edwardsville Intelligencer
The Liberty Middle School Cheerleading Team placed first in two divisions at the IESA State Cheerleading Championships Dec. 10... [Full Story]

Tigers Cruise

Posted: December 16, 2005 by The Alton Telegraph
There's a new sheriff in town.  The Edwardsville High wrestling team took over the position as top dog in the Southwestern Conference with a convincing 44-18 win over perennial power Granite City...  [Full Story]

Tigers shake off Warriors for win

Posted: December 16, 2005 by The St. Louis Post-Dispatch
About an hour before its Southwestern Conference match with Granite City, Edwardsville heavyweight Sean Bahmani found our he would be leading off, instead of being his customary last-match slot.  [Full Story]

Fall Sports wrap up at Liberty & Lincoln

Posted: December 14, 2005 by John Dean and Dennis Cramsey
As we prepare for the holiday season and wrap up first semester we have come to the end of another successful fall athletic season at the middle level... [Full Story]

The Road to the Big Dance

Posted: December 14, 2005 by Rich Kantner
In sports, "The Big Dance" refers to the championship game of a season ending tournament.  Well the Liberty 7th Grade Girls Basketball team danced all the way to the Championship game of the IESA State Basketball Tournament... [Full Story]

Edwardsville has top cross country runner

Posted: December 14, 2005 by The Belleville News-Democrat
After three injury-filled seasons, Edwardsville senior Dustin Davis finally got to show what kind of cross country runner he could be in 2005.  [Full Story]

Making History

Posted: December 13, 2005 by The Edwardsville Intelligencer
The Liberty Girl's Basketball team finishes second in the Illinois Elementary School Association Class AA State tournament... [Full Update]

Change of Game Site for Liberty Girl's Basketball IESA State Championship game

Posted: December 9, 2005
The Liberty Girl's Basketball team will be competing in the IESA State Championship 7AA Girls Basketball game in Normal, IL on Saturday, December 10, 2005... [Full Update]

Liberty 7th Grade Girl's Basketball going to IESA 7AA State Championship game

Posted: December 7, 2005
The Liberty Lady Panthers continued their winning ways on Tuesday evening by defeating Country Club Hills Southwood, 40-35, in overtime.  This victory sends the Lady Panthers to Riverton High School in Riverton, Illinois.  A student fan bus is planned for Thursday, December 8.  Parental permission slips must be returned by Wednesday, December 7.  Limited seating on the bus may occur.  The cost for student admission is $2.00.

Update on Liberty 7th Grade Girl's Basketball

Posted: December 6, 2005
On Monday, December 5, the Lady Panthers continued there quest for a state championship by defeating Shorewood Troy in overtime, 35-32 in Riverton.   [Full Story]

Liberty Middle School Cheerleaders

Posted: December 6, 2005
As of December 2005, Liberty Cheerleaders have successfully completed a Liberty Attire Program where shirts, sweatshirts, golf shirts, and window decals were sold to students, faculty, and parents.  [Full Story]

Congratulations Liberty Middle School 7th Grade Girl's Basketball

Posted: December 5, 2005
The Liberty Middle School 7th grade girl's basketball team recently won an IESA 7AA Regional Girls Basketball Championship by defeating Cahokia Wirth 44-24 at Liberty Middle School.   [Full Story] [Team Picture]

Another All-State honor for Edwardsville's Jones

Posted: December 5, 2005 by The Alton Telegraph
Edwardsville senior E.J. Jones has been named first team All-State as a defensive back by the Chicago Tribune.  [Full Story]

Excitement builds for E'ville hoops

Posted: December 2, 2005 by The Edwardsville Intelligencer
The preseason excitement level surrounding the Edwardsville Tiger boys' basketball team is at an all-time high - for good reason.  [Full Story]

EHS girls hand coach 300th win

Posted: December 2, 2005 by The Edwardsville Intelligencer
Kara Frandsen poured in 21 points to help lead the Edwardsville Tiger girls' basketball team past Southwestern Conference rival Collinsville, 43-48 Thursday night, and in the process helped secure head coach Lori Blade's 300th career coaching victory.  [Full Story]

EHS matmen primed for big season